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Status</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="status.html#manual.intro.status.iso">Implementation Status</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="status.html#status.iso.1998">C++ 1998/2003</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="status.html#iso.1998.status">Implementation Status</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="status.html#iso.1998.specific">Implementation Specific Behavior</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="status.html#status.iso.2011">C++ 2011</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="status.html#iso.2011.specific">Implementation Specific Behavior</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="status.html#status.iso.2014">C++ 2014</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="status.html#iso.2014.specific">Implementation Specific Behavior</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="status.html#iso.2014.filesystemts">Filesystem TS</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="status.html#status.iso.2017">C++ 2017</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="status.html#iso.2017.specific">Implementation Specific Behavior</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="status.html#iso.2017.par2ts">Parallelism 2 TS</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="status.html#status.iso.2020">C++ 2020</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="status.html#status.iso.2023">C++ 2023</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="status.html#status.iso.tr1">C++ TR1</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="status.html#iso.tr1.specific">Implementation Specific Behavior</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="status.html#status.iso.tr24733">C++ TR 24733</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="status.html#status.iso.specfun">C++ IS 29124</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="status.html#iso.specfun.specific">Implementation Specific Behavior</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="license.html">License</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="license.html#manual.intro.status.license.gpl">The Code: GPL</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="license.html#manual.intro.status.license.fdl">The Documentation: GPL, FDL</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="bugs.html">Bugs</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="bugs.html#manual.intro.status.bugs.impl">Implementation Bugs</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="bugs.html#manual.intro.status.bugs.iso">Standard Bugs</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="setup.html">2. Setup</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="setup.html#manual.intro.setup.prereq">Prerequisites</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="configure.html">Configure</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="make.html">Make</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="using.html">3. 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href="using_dynamic_or_shared.html#manual.intro.using.linkage.experimental">Experimental Library Extensions</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="using_concurrency.html">Concurrency</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="using_concurrency.html#manual.intro.using.concurrency.prereq">Prerequisites</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="using_concurrency.html#manual.intro.using.concurrency.thread_safety">Thread Safety</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="using_concurrency.html#manual.intro.using.concurrency.atomics">Atomics</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="using_concurrency.html#manual.intro.using.concurrency.io">IO</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="using_concurrency.html#concurrency.io.structure">Structure</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="using_concurrency.html#concurrency.io.defaults">Defaults</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a 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href="using_exceptions.html#intro.using.exception.compat">Compatibility</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="using_exceptions.html#using.exception.compat.c">With <code class="literal">C</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="using_exceptions.html#using.exception.compat.posix">With <code class="literal">POSIX</code> thread cancellation</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="debug.html">Debugging Support</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="debug.html#debug.compiler">Using <span class="command"><strong>g++</strong></span></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="debug.html#debug.req">Debug Versions of Library Binary Files</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="debug.html#debug.memory">Memory Leak Hunting</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="debug.html#debug.memory.mtalloc">Non-memory leaks in Pool and MT allocators</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span 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